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MANUAL
OF THE
WINDSOR
_,_I\_
VENUE
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH,
HA.RTFORD, CONN,
OONTA.TNING
HISTORICAL
NOTES, ARTICLES OF FAITH, PRACTICAL
RULES FOR
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, FORM OF ADMISSIO:', TO THE CHURCH,
INCLUDING THE CONFESSION OF ~'AITH AND COVENANTS, STANDING RULES, AND A
CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS TO
SEPTEMBER 20, 1877.
HARTFORD:
PRESS OF CLARK
& BULKLEY,
1877.
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HISTORICAL
NOTES.
THE Windsor Avenue Congregational Church had
its beginning in a Mission Sunday School, organized
Jun e ro, r864, in the house on the corner of 'vVooster and Pavilion stree ts.
Soon after, a weekly prayer meeting was instituted
at th e Pavilion House , which, with the Sunday
School, was well sus tained, and increased in numbers
and interest.
May 5, 1867, the Wooster Stre et Chapel was dedicated to the worsh ip of God. From that time the
Sunday School and Prayer Meeting occupied the
chapel, and a preaching service on Sunday evenings
was sustained by clergymen of the city, of different
denominations. and by students c,f the Theological
Seminary .
March 23, r 870, members of Congregational
Churches of the city and elsewhere, with the assistance of a council duly called, constituted themselves
a church, by appropriate
services in the chapel.
Th e members at first con stituting the church, were:
male s, 21 ; females, 41.
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HISTORICAL
NOTES.
Oct. 31, 1871, Mr. Frank H. Buffum, a graduate
of Hartford Theological Seminary, was ordained and
installed as pastor of the church.
During Mr . Buffum's pastorate the edifice now occupied by the
Church was erected, and was dedicated June 26,
1872. Mr. Buffum was dismissed July 11, 1873.
For a little more th an a year the Church was
without a pastor.
July 8, 1874, a call was extended
to Mr. James B. Gr egg, a graduate of the Theological Seminary at Andover.
The call was accepted
and Mr. Gregg was ordained and installed Sept. 29,'
1874.
At the public service of installation Rev.
Alex. McKenzie, D. D ., of Cambridge preached;
Rev. E. G. Selden, of Manchester, N . H., gave the
charge to the pastor; Rev . W. L. Gage, the charge
to the p eople, and Rev. E . H. Richardson, the right
hand of fellowship.
The Church, at its organization
numbered 62
members.
There have been added, on profession
of faith, 93; by letter, 127.
The whole number
of members up to the present time is 282. There
have been 66 removals by death, letter and excommunication . The present membership is 216.
Hitherto has God prospered us, and we have
reason to thank Him and take courage .
SEPT. 17, 1877
�NOTE.
PAVILION CONGREGATIONAL
SOCIETY.
It has
been thought not inappropriate that for the convenience of the more recent members of the church
a note of explanation
should be added concerning
the designation given to the ecclesiastical society,
in connection with this Chur~h.
This society is
known, not as the Windsor
Avenue, but as the
Pavilion Congregational Society.
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TABLE
OF' CONDITION.
TABLE,
SIIOWING
THE
FROM
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CHURCH
ORGANIZATION
RECEIVED.
TO SEP'l' .
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1874
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19
2
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1875
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186
1876
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�ARTICLES
OF ]"'_AITH,
AND
PRACTICAL
FOR
CHRISTIAN
RULES
THE
LIFE.
'.2lrtidcs of .§aitiJ.
RECEIVING
the Scriptures as the only infallible
rule of faith and duty, we accept as in harmony
therewith, the standards of doctrine adopted by our
fathers, and summarily comprehended
in the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
More particularly, we
/ as a Church believe:
That there is one 1 God; infinite, 2 eternal, 3 and
unchangeable 4 in His being, 5 wisdom,6 power,7 holir ~ss,8 justice, 9 goodness 10 and truth, 11 who created and
upholds all things visible and invisible,12 and who
orders a!l events according to His own pleasure and
for His own glory. 13
I.
1. Deut, vi, 4, with Mark xii, 28-29.
5. Ex. iii, 14. John v, 26.
8. t Sam. ii, 2.
9. Deut . xxxii , 4.
12. Col. i, 16, 17.
2 Ps. cxlvii, 5.
S. rs. xc, 2.
4. Jas. i, 17,
6. Heb. iv, 13.
7. Matt. xix, 26.
10. Mark x, 18.
11. Ps. xxxiii, 4.
13. Is. xlvi, 9, 10; Eph. i, 11.
�ARTICLES
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OF' F'AITll
II. We believe that God exists in three
persons,
the Father,1 and the Son, 2 and the Holy Ghost; 3 and
that these three are one, being the same in substance,
and equal in power and glory.
L },fatt. xi, 27; John i, 14-18; v, 23.
2. The I>ivinity of Christ-He
is ca"'lled God:
John i, 1; 1 John v, 20; John xx, 28; Rom ix, 5; Heb. i, 8.
He is eterna l : Rev .
xxii, 13; Heb. i, 10; Col. i, 17,
He is aln;i ighty: Philip . iii. 21; Heb. i, 3; Rev i, 8;
Is. ix, G.
He is omnipresent:
:Matt . xviii, 20; xxviii; 20; John iii, 13.
He ts
omniscient:
Col. ii, 3.
He is equal with the Fathe r : Philip. ii, 6, 10.
He is the
Cr eator: ,John i, 3, 10; 1 Cor. viii, 6; Col. i, 16 ; Heb. i, 10.
Re r ecei ves divine
worship:
John v,23; xx, ~8; Acts vii. 50, 60; 1 Cor. i, 2 ; Philip . ii, 9, 10, 11: l<.ev. v, 18.
3. The Divinity of the Holy Spirit:
Acts v, 3, 4; xxviii, 25; H e b. 111,7, 8.
The dis•
tinct ~ersonality
of the Holy Spirit:
:Matt. xxviii, 19; John xiv, 16 i xv, 26;
xvi. 7, 18, 14; II Cor. xiii, 14.
III. We believe th a t the · Scriptures
of the Old 1
and New 2 Test amen ts were give n by in sp ir a tion
of God, and are our only perfect rule of faith a nd
practice ."
1, Inspir ation of the Olcl Testa1nent:
Ps. cxix, 105; Matt. v, 17; Luke xx iv, 2i, 32.
44. 45; n Peter i, 21.
2 . Inspiration
of New Testament:
H e b. i. 1, 2; Gal. 1, 11, 12;
Eph. iii, 5 ; I The s. ii, 13; II John 10.
3. n Tim. iii, 16, 17 ; I s. viii, 20.
IV. We believe that God created man in his own
image, in knowledg e, righteousness
and holiness ;1
that our first par e nts fell from the estate in which
they were created, by sinn)ng against God ;2 that
by the fall all mankind lost communion
with God,
became dead in sin, and are, by nature children of
wrath ;3 that from this dreadful condition
no man is
able to deliver himself ;4 and that all who are .saved are
saved by the sovereign and electing grace of God,5 and
this in perfect
consistency
with man's free moral
agency.b
vii, 29.
2. Gen. ch . iii; Rmn. v, 12-2 1.
3. R01n . v.12, 18 , Rotn iii , 10, 11, 12, 19, 23; Eph. ii, 1-3.
4. Rom. iii. 20.
5. Titus iii, 5; Rom. v, 21; ix, 15, 16.
6. Rom . vi, 16; Josh. xxiv, 15.
1. Gen. i, 27, 31; Eccles.
V. We believe
that the Lord Jesus Chr;st, being
both God and man in one Person, 1 did, by his perfect
obedience 2 and his sufferings,8 rend er full satisfaction
1. John
i, 1. with John
i, 14 ; H eb. ii, 4-18,
2. Rom. v, 19; Heb. v, 8 9.
3. Heb. ii, 10 ; Luke xxiv,46.
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OF' FA11'lL
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to Divine Justice, and m_ake a true vicarious atonement,' by which alone smners can be .justified and
saved. 5
4·
5 liii
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"5·Matt.xx,2S;Rom.iii,25;
Rom.v,8,9,10,11;
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5. Acts iv, 12; John xiv,6.
Heb.x,9,10;1Johniv,2
VI. We believe
that this righteousness
1
is received by faith alone.
1. Philip.
·
of Christ
iii, 9; Rom. v, 1; Eph. l!, 8, 9.
vrr. We believe that except a man be born again
he cannot see the kingdom of God;1 that this regen~ration is only by the Spirit of God, the third person
of the ever blessed Trinity; 2 and that by the same
Divine Spirit believers are sanctified, comforted,
enabled to grow in grace, and secured in faith and
3
obedience to the end.
1. John
iii, 3.
2. John iii, 5; Titus iii, 5.
3. Rom. viii, 14; Uom. xv, 16 ;
1 Pet. i, 2; John xiv, 26; Eph. v, 9; l'hil. i, 6; I Cor. i, S; 1 Pet . i, 3--5.
We believe that Baptism 1 and the Lord's
Supper 2 are permanent ordinances of the Christian
Church; that Baptism is to be administered
to believers and their infant children;3 and that all who
VIII.
1. Matt. xxviii, 19.
2. Matt. xxvi, 26, 27; I Cor. xi, 23-25.
3. Mark xvi, 16; Acts ii, 41. Scriptural
gro und s for Infant Baptism:
<3od's covenant with Abraham and his seed, the foundation
of the visible Ch:u,1·ch : Gen.
11
xvii, 2, 7, 9, 19, 21. Circumcision the seal of the coYenant. "applied
to the seed:
Gen. xvii, 10, 12, 23.
This covenant is everlasting:
Gen. xvii, 7.
It was not
annulled
by the law afterwa1·d given through
l\Joses: Deut. xxix, 13; r Ch r on.
xvi, 15 i Gal. iii, 14-17:
Christ came to CO'l~fi1•1nand .ft1,l;flll it: Luke i, 54, 55, 72, 73;
Heb. viii , 6-13. Itis the basi1~of the Christittn Chu rch: Rnrn. iv, 11-18; Eph. ii, 19-22.
It was the forerunner and foretaste of the Gospel, and in a sense id entical with it:
John viii, 56; Rum. iv, 11-18; Gal. iii, 7-29 Under the Christian dispensation,
Circ11,1ncision as the seal of the covenn.nt is annulled and Baptism as the sea! ts introduced: Hom. iv, 11 ; r Cor. vii, 18, 19; Gal. Y, 2, 6; 1\latt. xxviii, 19; Mark xvi, 16;
Acts ii, 38; x, 48; xxii, 16. The promise is unto the ch'ildren of beli eve r s in the
new dispensation
as under the old i Gen. xvii, 7, 19; Isa. lix, 21; Acts ii, 89.
Th e
apostles seem to have applied the new seal. baptism, to believers and their childreo,
just as the old seal had been applied to the same classes of persons;
Acts xvi, 15, 33
r Cor. i, 16.
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PRACTICAL
RULES.
believer's
mind soon drown out the spiritual life,
separating the soul from God.
The faith on which
salvation depends dies without closet nourishment.
It is found good also, in the morning, before anything else occupies the thoughts, to read devoutly a
few verses of the sacred scriptures.
Let God speak
to the soul first, and let the first words of the day
be addressed to God.
With this help the believer
often has the comfort of Christ's presence during all
the day, when without it the day would have been
barren and cold. The best time for secret ·prayer is
seldom bed time.
Then the body is weary and the
mind not unfrequentiy drowsy.
It is good to carry
with you at all times, a Bible, or at least a testament,
so that the word of God may be searched in any
moment of leisure, or read to any whom it may
profit.
Matt. vi, 6; Dan, vi, 10; Ps. cxlx.
IV. FAMILY WORSHIP. Every family should have
a family altar.
Children, and if practicable, visitors
and persons employed
in the household, should be
called to the service.
Regularly, morning and evening, one or both, every family ought to read from the
sacred scriptures, and worship God in prayer.
The
exercises should be simple, sincere, brief, hearty and
interesting.
Deut, vi, 6, 7;
Eph. vi, 4; Jobi , 5.
1. If young children are members of the family, the scriptures
read should usually be short, and lively explanations given. It is
gt>0d in some cases to let the children read in concert, or by turns,
each reading a verse.
2. Children, when consciously sinful, are the objects of God's
tender love. 'l'each them so. The too common habit of teaching
children that unless they are good Jesus will not. love them, is
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RULES .
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unscriptural and harmful.
While we were yet sinnm·s Christ so
loved us as to die for us. · God has compassion on such as are
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ignorant ?.nd out of the way. .
_ In f ,mily worship, praise and thauksgivrng should have
3
prominei : , and the singing of_hymns.
4 The intere sts and. enterpnses of the Church, and the success
of the labors of the pastor, should be remembered before God at
the family altar.
5. No members of the family should be allowed to be absent
from daily family worship.
G. Before every meal let thanks be returned to the Giver of "our
daily bread," and supplication offer~d f~r the ~piritual refre shmen t
which is more needed than that which 1s bodily.
Luk e ix, 16: :Acts xx vii! 85. I Tim. iv! 4, 5.
V.
PRAYER
MEETINGS
1. Let nothing prevent your presence in the prayer-meeting
which would not keep you from a party of pleasure or any other
place.
2. Arrange your business so as to attend the prayer-meetings.
If it occasions you some losses, which is seldom the case, your
gain in God's grace will be worth a hundred fold more to you,
3. Come pnnclually, if possible; if not, come late,
4. Come in the spirit of prayer, and, if convenient, from the
closet.
5. Bring persons with you, if you are able, and use diligent
means to make them regular attendants.
6. Take a front seat.
7. Hanel to your pastor, or the leader of the meeting, in writing ,
any question the discussion of which might be profitable, and
ALSO REQUESTS
FOR PRAYERS
FOR SPECIAL
OBJECTS
VI.
GIVING.
The importance of the grace of
Liberality is commonly undervalued.
The Jews were
bidden to give to the Lord one -tenth of their annual
income.
"Therefore as ye abound in everything in faith, and
utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, see
th at ye abound in this grace also."
II .Qor. viii, 7i Prov. iii. 9, 10; Luke iii, 11, xii. 83 · 1 Tim. vi, 18 · u Cor ix 6 7
Ps. cxu, 9; Prov. xi, 25, xix, 17, xxviii, 27; Matt . xxv, 354Qi Acts xx, 85.
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�PRAOTIOAL
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RULES
VII.
How TO WORK FOR .CHRIST.
Every member of this church can do Christian work in most , if
not all, of the following ways.
"What doth it profit,
my brethren,
though a man say he hath faith and
have not works ? Can faith save him ? "
1. You can work efficiently for Cllrist by giving and lending
tracts and good books.
2. By re ading from the Bible to individuals and to families,
especially to the poor and the ,;ick, much good can be done.
3. By punctually meeting all your religious engagements.
4. By persevering efforts to bring acquaintances and strangers
to the Sabbath services and prayer-meetings of the church, and by
}earning or teaching in the Sabbath School yourself.
5. By cultivating always a spirit of sociality and Christian fellowship, especially among the members of the church and at the
house of worship.
6. By vi8iting the sick, the poor, strangere, and acquaintances,
in the spirit of the master.
'.Matt. xxv, 35-46; Jas. i, 27; Prov. xx.iv , 11-12.
7. By cordial
with us.
and vigilant
attention
to strangers worshiping
Jas. ii, 1-3,
8. By endeavoring to be familiar with the progress of the
Kingdom of Heaven on earth, as indicated by the great Christian
enterprises of the Churcll at home and ab•·oad.
9. By giving as God hath prospered you, punctually and regularly, for the current expenses of this Church, and for the salvation of the world.
10. By scrupulous honesty in all business transactions.
Deut. xxv, 13-16; I Thess. iv, 6.
11. By holding neighborhood
pray/Jr meetings with the advice
of tlle p&.stor. In this way great good is often done.
12. By direct personal appeals to the unconverted,
either in
conversation or by letter, to come at once to Christ. Every
Christian ought to win many souls to the Saviour.
13. By prompt outspoken disapproval of every kind of sin,
feeling at the same time and showing as far as possible love for
the the ·sinner.
Prov, xxvii, 5; 11 Thess. iii, 15; Ps. cxJi, 5; II Tiln. iv, 2.
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14. By making it a business to grow steadily and rapidly in
o-race
and to lead others to grow
in grace.
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FrNALLY,-Whatsoever thmgs are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any vi:tne, and if there be any praise, think on
these things.
And the peace of Goel, which passeth knowledge,
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
shall keep
No'l'E.-1 desire to acknowledge my great obligation, in the preparation of the
foregoing part of this manual, to the J"ifth Annual Handbook of the Central Preebytenan Church, in Erie, Pa . Many of the above Practical Rules have been
transferred from its page s.
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FORM
'·
OF ADMISSION
Do you believe and confess that the Lord Jesus
Christ, the e ternal Son of God, became man ; that he
obeyed the law which we have broken, and suffered
its curse, dying in our place, the just for the unjust;
th at by His death He reconciled us to God, and by His
life He saves us; that thus by His life and His death
He is the sufficient and th e only Saviour of sinners
who trust in Him?
Do you confess Him as your
Saviour, and rest in Him a lon e for your salvation?
Do you acknowledge. the Holy Spirit, as the Author
of your regeneration,
the Source of all spiritual
knowledge, faith, comfort, peace, joy and holin ess ?
Do you recognize your obligation to love, and adore
Him with the Father and the Son?
Receiving the Holy Scriptures, as in very deed the _
word of God, is it your desire and purpose to take
as your guide in
them henceforth and unreservedly
all matters
of faith and practice;
to study th em
diligently that you may conform your life to them ;
to avoid all that they declare to be sin, and t o do all
that they require as duty, so far as divine grace m ay
enable you so to do ?
Do you thus confess and believe?
Then tbe n1inister,
say;
You who
baptism by
own accord
own its full
(The candidates shall nssent by bowing.)
acldrei.sing those who have been baptized
in infancy,shall
in childhood were dedicated to God in
believing parents, do you now of your
accept your baptismal
consecration
and
obligations and privileges?
Those
add ressed shall bow in assent.
To the others, if there are any who have not been baptized,
say:
the minister
sha.11
You who trust your heart s have been renewed, but
who h ave never been privileged to receive the outward seal of the covenant, will now present yourselves for baptism,
�FORM 0//' ADMISSION.
When baptism has been administered,
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the minister s hall proce ed:
In the presenc e of God and this assembly, you do
now freely and c@rdially enter into the everlasting
cnournantof ~racr.
Confe ssing that you are sinners; that you have
departed from God, and have lived under the influe nce of that carnal mind which is enmity against
Him; you do now, in His presence and before this
assembly, solemnly avouch this God, Jehovah.Father,
Son and Holy Ghost, to be your God; the object of
your supreme affection, and your portion forever?
You cordially l cknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ
to be your only Saviour, and the Holy Spirit to be
your Sanctifier, Comforter and Guide . You heartily
devote yourself to God, in the everlas ting covenant
of His grace; you unres erve dly consecrate all that
you have and are, to His service and glory; and you
promise that, through the assistance of His Spirit,
you will cleave to Him as your sovereign Lord ; that
you will give diligent attendance to His word and
ordinances; that you will see k, above all things, th e
honor and interests of His kingdom; and, that, hencefo[th, denying all ungodline ss and every worldly lust,
you will live soberly, righteously and godly in this ·
present world ? This you truly confess and heartily
engage?
The candidates shall assent as before.
In case non e join on professio n of faith, the form of admission sha ll commence
here. In case none join by letter, the following sent ence shall be omitted:
Those who are to join this church by let ter from
other churches, having elsewhere made a satisfactory
confession of their faith, and covenanted publicly with
God, will now present themselves to enter with those
already before us into
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FORM OF' ADJ1ISSJOJY.
C!.totJmant
ruitlJtlJtsC!.tl1urclJ.
Aft er all ha ve taken th eir plac es , the minist er shall say:
You do now cordially join yours e!f [yourselves]
to this church of Christ, engaging that you will hold
communion with it in all Christian ordinances, and
submit to its discipline, as God in His word enjoins;
that you will striv e earnestly for its peace, edification
and purity ; that you will watch over its memb ers
in love, faithfully reproving th em, if they go astray,
and that you will walk with them in charity, circumspection, meekness, and sobri ety.
This with the Divine help you pledge yourself
[yourselves] to do?
The candidat ~s shall ass en t as before.
We, then, as a Church, greet you as the disciples
of Jesus Christ, and as members of His body.
In
His name we welcome you to a fellowship with us,
in the duties and labors, and the hopes and joys of
the Gospel.
'0.!e promise to watch over you in tenderness and love, and to offer our prayers to the
great Head of the Church, that He will enable you
to fulfill this solemn covenant, and finally present
you faultless, before the presence of His glory with
exceeding joy.
In token of our • confidence and sympathy, and as
a pledge of our brotherly-kindness
and love, take the
jljanoof il1clcome,
and remember
saith.
those
words
which
the
Scripture
Here the Minister shall take the new members by the hand in token or fellow ship
with Christ and the Church, repeating some appropriat e senteuce of Scriptur e .
He shall then address th.em in these words :-
Now, therefore, Beloved in the Lord, ye are no
more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens
�FORM OF ADMISSION.
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with the saints, and of the household of God ; and
are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Corner-stone.
For this cause we pray unto the Father
of our Lord J esus Christ, of whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant
you, according to the riches of His glory, to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner
man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be
able to comprehend with all saints, what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to
know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in
the Church by Christ Jesus thoughout all ages, world
without end.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord
make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious
unto you. The Lord lift His countenance upon you
and give you peace . Amen.
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SJ'A.lWI N G RUL E S.
STANDING
RULES.
For though I b e abs ent in the fles h ye t am I with you in t h e spirit, Joying
and beh olding y our ORDER a nd th e ste a dfa stne ss of your fa it h in Chri st.
SECTION
I.
Names anb ®fficers.
·ARTICLE I. This church shall be called the
Windsor Avenue Congregational Church of Hartford ,
Conn.
ART . 2. The officers of this church shall be a
Pastor, Deacons, Clerk, Treasurer and Auditor, all
to be chosen by ballot. The Pastor, Deacons, Clerk
and Superintendent
of the Sabbath School, acting
together, shall constitute the Standing Committee of
the Church.
ART, 3. The Pastor of this Church shall be a
member of it and its standing moderator . When the
Pastor is absent, or is an interested party, the moderator shall be chosen, and by ballot, if three brethren
so desire.
ART. 4. The Deacons, four in number, shall be
chosen for a term of four years, and the election shall
be so ordered that only one Deacon shall be chosen
each year, except to fill vacancies . The Cletk,
Treasurer and Auditor shall be elected annually.
�STANDI1fG
RULES.
ART. 5. Duties of Deacons. It shall be the ,duty
of the Deacons to make preparations for, and assist
in the administration of the Sacraments, to distribute
the charities of the church, and, they shall also seek
to aid the Pastor in maintaining an oversight of the
spiritual condition of the individual members of the
church.
ART. 6. Duties of tlze Standing Committu.
It
shall be the duty of the Standing Committee to consult with and aid the Pastor in the general oversight
of the interests of the church.
They shall carefully
inform themselves concerning the qualifications of
candidates for admission to membership. and sha 11
propound to the church the names of such as shall be
by them approved.
They shall receive complaints,
and prepare for action cases of discipline.
They shall be empowered to authorize special collections when they deem it advisable.
They shall
meet monthly, and also at the call of the Pastor.
ART. 7. Duties of t/ie Clerk. It shall be the duty
of the Clerk to keep the records of the church, including an accurate list of the admissions, dismissions,
and the death of members, and of the baptism of
children, also to notify all officers, committees and
delegates of their election and appointment, and to
conduct all correspondence
that the church may
direct, and to make a written report at the annual
meeting.
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ART. 8. Duties rf Tremurer.
It shall be the
duty-of the Treasurer to take charge of all moneys
belonging to the church, and of all colleetions for religious and charitable objects, and to make a written
report at the annual meeting.
ART. 9. Auditor
The Auditor shall examine
the Treasurer's accounts, and report at the annual
meeting.
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STA.1VDING RULES .
ART. 2 . Any member may bring a charge b efore
the church against any trans g ressor .
ART 3. Th e following, according to the r 8th of
Matthew, shall be de emed th e regul a r course of procedure in all ca ses of disciplin e :
I.
The complainant should seek the removal of
the offence. in the spirit of the go spel, by fraternal
conference with the offender, alone.
2.
Failing in the removal of his difficulty thus,
he should take with him one or two judicious brethren, and with their mediation, strive for Christian
satisfaction.
3. This being in vain, he should bring the matter
to the notice of the Standing Committee, who shall
endeavor to bring about a reconciliation, and (if this
cannot be effected, or does not re sult in harmony, )
shall, upon sufficient cause being shown, prefer a
formal complaint before the church against the offending brother.
4. If the church entertain the complaint, they
shall appoint a time for a hearing of the case, and
summon the offender to be present at that hearing,
furnishing him, at least one week before the time of
the hearing, with a copy of the charges against him,
together with the names of the witnesses who will be
relied on for proof.
5. If, on such hearing, the church are satisfied of
the guilt of the party accused, they may vote to admonish him publicly, to suspend him for some definite period from the privileges of the church, or to
excommunicate him from its membership, according
to the aggravation of the offence, and the state of
mind in which he is.
6. In case of the excommunication
of any member, notice of the fact shall be given publicly from
the pulpit.
�STANDING
RULES
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ART . 4. In cases where excommunication
seems
undesirable the less severe censures of admonition,
(public or private.) suspension for a limited period,
or permanent withdrawal of fellowship may be recommended, at the discretion of the Standing Committee.
In the tw o cas es last named notice of the fact shall
be given at the weekly prayer meeting.
ART . 5. No vote of censure shall be passed except upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular meeting .
The Clerk
ART. 6. Co1tceming Ab.1e11tees.-r.
shall keep a list of the absentees, giving the date of
their departure, their post-office address, and changes
of the same, tog eth er with the date and character of
successive reports from them .
2.
Every January, or :is soon ;ifter as may be, the
clerk, under direction of the pastor and deacons, shall
send out a circular to all who have not reported within
the year previous, or whose circumstances are not
satisfactorily known to the pastor and deacons, requesting information, and suggesting, if advisable, the
propriety of taking a letter to some other church.
3. The list of absentees whose residence is not
known shall be read at the preparatory
lecture previous to the first Sabbath in November, and from the
pulpit the following Sabbath, that the desired information, if possible, may be thus secured.
4. Absentees, whose residence remains unknown
after the reading of their names for three successive
years, or who for this length of time make no satisfactory report, and whose circumstances are not satisfactorily known by the pastor and deacons, shall, if
the church so vote, on recommendation
of the above
church officers, be put on the retired list.
5- It shall be understood that those whQ are on
the retired list are members of the church, but suspended from regular standing, having been so long
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RULES.
absent from our watch and care that the church cartnot hold itself responsible for their Christian character. They are not to be counted in the lists of the
church.
They may, however, at any time, be reinstated in full fellowship, and a letter granted th em,
if desired, on a satisfactory explanation of th eir previous silence, and a satisfactory statement as to their
present religious life.
6. The clerk shall keep the retired list, and also
shall record the names of those absentees concerning
whom information has been publicly asked, and also
th e dates in each case when this was done.
ART. 7. ~embers of this church removing from
town sha!l obtain a dismission from this, and a recommendation to th e church with which they intend to
worship, within one year from the time of such
change, unless reasonable excuse be rendered for such
neg lect. And thi s church deems it irregular, if any
m embers withdraw from them and unite in communion and worship with other churches, either on ac co4nt of any offence, o_ron the plea of better edification, without giving notice to the church and requesting a dismission.
ART. 8. Requests for letters of dismission and recommendation shall be read from the pulpit, and th e
lett ers shall be g rant ed at the expi ration of one week,
if no objection is made. All letters of dismission
shall be valid for six months only.
SECTION
IV .
.£11.e.etings.
ART. I. Religious services on the Sabbath consist of morning preaching service, and Sabbath School
in the afternoon.
Th e evening service on the first
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RULES.
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Sabbath of each month, the Missionary Concert. On
the third Sabbath the Sabbath School Concert.
On
all Sabbath evenings, not occupied as above, preachIn addition. a
ing service, unless otherwise ordered.
weekly prayer meeting on Thursday evening, except
the Thursday evening p(eceding each . communion
service, when the preparatory lecture shall be given .
ART . 2.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is
observed on the first Sabbath in January, March, May,
July, September and November.
ART. 3. The annual meeting of the ch1trch, for
the choice of officers, and for other business, shall be
on the second Wednesday
evening in January.
ART. 4. A special business meeting may be called
at any time, when, in the opinion of the pastor or
deacons, it shall be expedient; and shall be called at
any time , upon the written application of five male
members of the church.
ART. 5. The weekly prayer meeting shall be considered a regular meeting for the transaction of business.
ART 6. All meetings for business shall be opened
with prayer.
ART . 7. Male members of this church shall have
the right to vote in church meetings at the age of
eighteen years.
SECTION
V.
Zabbat~5dJool.
ARTICLE !. The officers of the Sabbath School
sha ll be elected by the church at its a nnual meeting, as
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STANDING
RULES
follows .-Superintendent,
Assistant Superint end ent,
Superintendent and Secretary of Infant Department,
Secretary, Treasure.r, Librarian, Assistant Librari a n.
SECTION VI.
ft1iscrllancousl!lulcs
ARTI CLE I. All causes represented by ag ents shall
be presented at Sabbath eve nin g serv ice.
ART. 2. The necessary expe nses of the pastor
and delegates in attendanc e upon eccles iastical councils and conferences, as representatives of the church,
shall be paid from the funds of th e same.
ART. 3. The delegat es to ecclesiastical councils
and conferences shall mak e brief reports of their doings and of the action of th e b ody, at the meet ing of
the church next following.
ART . 4. Each memb er of thi s church shall be
presented with a printed copy of the church manual.
A1n . 5. No alteration shall be made in the foregoing rules, except at a regular meeting of the
church , and by a vote of two-thirds of the number
present, it having been proposed at a previous regular
meeting.
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�RECORD
OF
OFFICERS.
PASTORS.
FRANK
H. BUFFUM:, Oct. 31, 1871-July
11, 1873.
JAMES B. GREGG, Ordaiued Sept. 29, 1874.
DEACONS.
El ected.
1873, Jan. 9, D. C. CA>tP.
Electul.
1870, March 28, D. C.
CAMP .
T.
DAVID
MORGAN
FOWLER.
LEWIS.
1811, Jan .11, MORGAN LEW[S.
i87l, Sept. 28, SAMURL PARKE R.
1871, Se pt. 28, ,vALT.E R H. COWLES.
1872, Jau. 10, DAVLD T. FOWLER.
187:.!, Sept. 12, W1LLlA lC L. WOODRUFF.
1873,
1874,
1874,
1875,
1876,
1\b.y 1, MORGAN LEWIS .
Jan. 14, J. C. STOCKWELL.
Ja.u. 14, CHARLES KlNG.
Ja ,n. 13, ;ifA 'rHAN OLDS.
,Jan. 12, CBARL U:S KING.
1877, Jan. 10, D. C. CAMP.
1877, Jan. 10, s. N. BENEDICT .
CLERKS.
1870, March 27, s. N. llENEDICT.
1371, Jan. 11,
18i~ , Jan. 10,
1872, May 16, C. A. BLISS.
1873, Jan . 9,
STANDING
1870,March 28, A R.
HILLYER.
SAMUEL
P A RKE:a.
F . H. BUFFUM.
1871, Jan . 11, F. H. BUFJ'UM.
W. H. COWLES.
SUPERINTENDENT
1873, March 27, M. D .
1874,
1875,
1876,
1877,
Jan. 14,
EDGE:RTOl'f.
Jan. 13,
Jan. 12,
Jan. 10,
COMMITTEE.
1871, Jan
. 11, A . R . BrLLYER
.
KING.
1872, Jan. 10,
1873, Jan. 7,
1874, Jan.14, JOHN McCOY.
1871, Sept. 28, CHARLES
OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL.
1872, September 5th , D . C. CAMP, who has been re-elected annually up to the
present time . Previous to the above date the election of Sunday School officers
had been by the School.
�CHRONOLOGICAL
RECORD.
ALL members of the Church should co nsider it th eh· duty to inform the
Clerk or Pastor, of the death of any non-resident member, also of the marriage
of female me1;1bers of the Church, that the proper changCs upon the 1:eCol'd may
be made. Members moving away should not fail to inform the Clerk or Pastor
where theY' may be addressed, an d unless for special reasons should ask for
lett ers of disrnissi0n within one 11ear. All absentees arc earnestly requ es ted to
correspond with the church at lea st once a year. A letter addressed to the Pastor of the Wind so r A venue Congregational
Chu rch , will r each its destination,
even should the name of neither Pastor nor Clerk be known to the writer.
THOSE marked (D) in the following
record, wer e dismissed : marked (*) are
dead; ma1·ked (F.x. l excommunicated . The name enclosed in parenthesis was the
maiden name when admitted to the church. The nam es of husband and wife.
standing together. in the catalogue, are connected by a brace.
M e.rch 23, 1~70
1 Mrs . Lucy .J. Arnlrrws . ,v est Hart ford, D. 1872. ,v est Hartford.
2 Mrs. Mary R . Arnold. Pnrk, H artfot·d.
3 Simeon S. Batter so n, l Pearl St r eet, Hartford,* 1870.
4 Melissa Batt e rson
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5 Mrs. Maria J . Bat tCri,on . .South, Ha1·tford D. Asylum Flill, Hartford , 1875.
6 Mrs. Abbie J. Barber . First, Hockville.* 1871L
7 Goodrich A. Booth, i Park, Har tf ord .
8 'Mary E. Booth,
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D. Old Saybrook. 1875.
9 Fra nk H. Buft"nm. i Wmchest er, N. H., n. E ast Hartford, 1878.
10 ~laria 1\I. Buft'um. f
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11 Christopher A . Rl1ss, North Orange. ~Jass., lJ. Ea st Hartford, 1873.
n ,Jeremy W. Rliss, i First, Hartford, * t8i6.
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13 Hosetta Blis s .
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14 Samuel N. Rc ne<'lict. i Elmira N. Y.
15 Sophia N BenediC't, )
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16 1-Valte r H -.Cowles; i Fourth, Hartford
17 Azuba Cowles,
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18 Samu el
Co wles, l "
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19 Han:i et $ Cow les , f u
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20 David c:.Cnmp, l
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21 1.au r a ,C. c a mp.)
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22 Mrs. Lucy A. Cha pin. 'Rhnira, N. Y.
23 - Samuel Clark , l Uld Saybl'Ook.
24 Rhoda K Clark, I Asylum ~t Met hodist Rpiscopal, Hartford,
25. j\lrs .. Rhzab e.th Purham, f'ir st Baptist. Hartford .
26 ])avid T. Fowler,
( Pearl St, Hartford, D. Asylum Hill, 1872.
27 Na ncy A. Fowler, ~
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28 Lila (Fowler) Huntin g,"
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George T. Goodwin, i Pea rl St_, Hartford, D. West Hartford, 1873.
Sui-an F. Goodwin,
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Nettie .J. Goddllr<l. Winchester. N. H .. D. Athol, Mass., 1871.
Mrs. Fannie L. Haz en, Fir8t, Hartford
.Mrs. Catherine Hill ye r, Park, Harlford .
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37
88
39
40
Clara l!;. Hilly e r, "
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Henry W. Hutchin son, I P ear l St., Hartford.
11
F.liza A. Hutchin son.
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·Mrs . Eliza Hallock. South Reformed, New Haven,* 18i3.
John Hal e, · l Fil'St, Hartford .
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Charles King,
l Pearl St., Hartford.
Maria C. K111g, f
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Clwrles o. King
Emma M. King,
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Esther King. t'ark, Hartford.
:Mor~r;nn Lewi s ,
Fou r th, Hartford.
1
So~thbrirtg;: Ma~s.
Uctth erin e A. Pitlcin. Second, H,trtford.
.
Samuel Parker.
l Elmwood, Prov., H. I., D. Wethersfield, 1873.
~arah
Parker, 5
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Mr s. Mary Sexton, Pat·k. Hartford.
~!rs. Mary W. Sexton, ·Fourth. Hartford.
M. Porter Snell, l Fou rth, D. firs t, \Vashington, D. C., 1871.
1lary C. ~nell,
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Lewis D . Stockwell, l First Bapti st , Hartford,* 18i0.
Lydia ~tockwell,
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ttlrs. Mary A. 'l'h•)mpson. ttirst, East Windsor.
:Mrs. Sarah .J, Wild er, Howard Pre s, San Francisco, D. 2dPres.,
Mrs. Kate M. Way, First, East Hartford.
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~artford.
!} fJt~i.sH~i:~e,
43
4l
45
46
47
48
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ggri:
1~~-{:aiie
{>
~il~kin.
·51
5'Z
58
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
if l)~!~fi&.~:t~a~tt
Biark.
65 ~lrs. J a ne Corn elia Hartley.
11
66
67
68
69
70
Altoona,
May 1. 1870 -
Maria
Helen R. Hazen.
i 1rs.
Hub bard . First. Glastonbury.
Marion (:-,./orth, ,\ be r dein . D P ~r k, ll artfo rrl., 1~74.
Mrs. Georg e rta Randa.Ii, 1-<'irstBaptist, Hartford, D . Windsor Ave. Bap.,1872.
Kate L. Sheldon, Park , Hartford .
July 3. 1870.
71 Ji.frs. Elizab eth M. Fowler, Unionville,
Conn.,*
n Fanny H . Hazen.
73 Mr s . .Nellie A. Talcott , Fi r st , Columbus. Ohio.
November
1873.
6th , 1870.
74 Clinton E. Andrews, Thom pso n , * t87i.
75 Seth King, Pearl ~treet, Ha r tfo rd.
76 Mrs. Agnes ,J. McCoy. Second, Hartford.
77 Henry M. P erk in s, Third, Chicopee, Mass, D. New Glouc este r , Me., 1874.
January
1,
1871.
78 Mr s. Loui se Alvord Carpenr,e r. RJ1t on , D . Uolton, 1873.
79 'Mrs . Abbi e Colgrove, Fou r t h, Hartford, D. l1'ourth, Hartford. 1875.
80 Mary Ad ella. Hartley.
Har,\ford.
83 I sa b el A Eili s,
84 Mrs . Jane Hills
85 Mr s . Jan e R Kline,
86 Mary E. Klin e,
*1873.
87 Cora gdith Lord , D. Plymouth, Worceste r, Mass.
88 HPlen L . LJm a n.
~ ;~;i~l~~~
rlEi~ft~i
M~~~}~~ury, Vt., D. New Glouce~ter, Me., 1874.
1
91 1.lrs. l\fargar, ~t .\I. Smith,
,..1876.
0-l Mrs. Marv StudlPr, li, irst Pres., \Voodb rldge, N. J.
93 Timothy 'E Steele, l East Har tfo .rd.
94 Clara J. !Steele.
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!lo Mrs. lJelia Wells, Cba.pel St., New Haven, D: Fourth, 'Hartford, 1875.
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11873.
Pa.
<t.~1t/N1
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84
RECORD.
March 5. 1871.
96 Charl es C. Bowers. ( D.12.~h St. Refo;.med, Bro~klyn , N~.Y., 18i7.
!YI
)1 . Bow ers, 5
Hartford
Ada l\I. K. Lord, D. Plymouth, Worcester, Mass .• 1873.
John McKenzie.
J os eph 1~ettit,
Pearl Street , Hartford.
~liui a
98 Mrs. J. L. Jaycox, Fourth,
99
100
101
102
103
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105
106
107
J
Eliza A. P ettit,
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Hcnriett f~ Isab el 'alcott.
\\ illiam L. \\' oodrufl', l Park, Hartford, D. College St., New Haven, lST.-3..
Julia J. H. \Voodru:ff', 5 North, N. Haven, D.
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l First , Ausouia.
0
Altuca M. T. Wood.ruff·, 5
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}e~
t~}-~iiJf!eB(:n~~~lf1~ft~1lY:~·cfi~l~~~?Ianchester.
110 George~- Durham.
111 \\ illiam A. Hill.
112
July 2, 1871.
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~1ri1~~.r}i1~~~f{~1~rg~d~
1
1876.
if.·{WdCJ~~~3~•ri~~tou,
113
Guoll.win, Second, Hartford, D. Asylum Hill, 18i5.
114
Hartford.
ll5 Edwin B. Gri swold _\ l
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116 Fanny W. Griswolu, 5 '"
117 Lucy A. Hale.
118
119
Mrs. ~mily
,v~sL
f.\\1;1~~i~:r1~sp!!~/j:
Ex., 1872.
120 Clara A. Smith.
November
5. 1871.
Albert A. Arnold, Elmwood, Providence, n..I., D. \Vethcrsfield, 1873.
,va .rren J. Breckenridge,
t :::;econd. Hartford, D. )J'orth, )'litldletowa, 18W.
Jane g_ Breckenridge,
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Charles E. Enright.
Mr s. Hannah 11. Henry,* 1814.
lW Ilownrd Lt. Lord.
127 C11arles Mnehl, Second, Hartford.
128 John McCoy.
121
122
123
124
125
r;~~fa~:-'j~_~ji~~~?iark,
129
Hartford.
130
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131 l1,111ma S . :Moody,
13·l John W. Pease.
133 Mrs . Harriet P. Smith, Methodist l\ piscopal, Marlboro', N. Y.
David
Spencer,
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Pearl
st.,
Hartturd _,l>. J:"ourtl1, Hartford, 1874.
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136 Almira M. Spencer 5
136 )latthew Swift, Pearl St .. Hartford.
137 Caroline H. Swift, Second, Hockv11lc.
January
7, 1872.
138 Gertrude Terry Cowles.
139 Wnlt tff G. Cowles.
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141
Charles L. 1-lcnry.
Geo. Allen King.
142 Sarah Adehtide King-.
143 Martha S. Merrow, First,
144 F.mmctt Alonzo
Manchester.
Parker.
145 Emily Eliz .abeth. Parker.
146 Mrs. Amelta S. Pease, Park. Hartford.
147 Mrs . Catherine T. Shay, First, Middletown,*
148 Thomas H. Enright.
149 Harri et E. F.nright.
150 Augustus W. Hoberts.
151 Juliana Roberts.
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18n.
March 3, 1872.
May 5, 1872.
152 William W. Billings, l First;Windsor,
Ex ., 1877.
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153 Cornelia A. Billings, 5
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41
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Jnmes Camobell, .Jr., Second, Mnnchester, D. Second, Hartford,
~11•s. Harriet
M. Dennison, ·Fourth, Hartford.
Clarence 11. F.lmer, * 1873.
Mrs. ·Mary S. Fnch, Second, :Manchester.
\Yilliam ~llav.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Smyth, Second, Hartford.
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50
51
52
53
54
55
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57
58
59
60
61
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6
61
i61 21
6
1875.
July 7, 1872.
'Mrs. "Elizabe th M. Conve rse, Collinsville.
Marvin n. Edgerton, Tolland.
Mrs. Polly A. Morey New Hartford .
Mrs. Eva ,J.M. f\lerrill, New Hartford.
Mrs. Mary F. B.icllards.
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45
46
47
48
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REOORD.
September
1, 1872.
November
3, 1872.
Lucy /Do~gel Arnold. Baptist, Pawtuxet,
Mrs. Ca1·01ine B Hill}Ea st Hartford.
·william McKeowu,
Hampton.
Isab<'lla McKeown,
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:Margaret H. McKeown.
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R. I., D. Wethersfield,
1873.
Anna M. McK eown .
:Mary E McKeown.
Henry J. Elliott,
Talcott F-trePt, Hartford,* 1877.
Plymon th , St. Paul, ~finn.
Presbyt e rian, \Vest Hoboken, N. J.
:.\frR. Frances E. R. Gates
Mrs . Anna .M. Livingston,
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Janu ary 5, 1873.
.John H. Goocle11,
Stafford Springs.
Narcissn G, Goodell,
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Frank J. Grimes,
Center, Brattleboro',
Charlotte P. Grimes,
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Mrs. Josephine S. Smith, East Hartford.
Vt.
* 1876.
May 4, 1873.
:Kathan Coe, l Presbyterian, Stamford, N. Y., D. Stamford, N. Y., 1876.
Esther l\l. Coe, 5
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7, 1873.
7 !\ Emma C. Burt.
Joseph C. Stockwell, I Fourth, Hartford.
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Jennie M. Stockwell, S
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November
.James P. Brainard, Seeond, Hartfor<l.
George \V. Carpenter, Kirkpatrick Pres., Rin:,roes, N. J,, D. East Hartford,
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:Marietta l{. Carpenter,
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Mrs. Nellie A. (l shamJ Bliss.
Nathan Olds, Fourth, Hartford,
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T. nussell,
6 Cynthia
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D. Terryville,
1877.
May, 3, 1874} Fourth, Hartford.
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5, 1874.
7 Mary Louise Barb er.
.lS :Mri,. Julia. Auzustiue McKenzie .
99 Alfred T. I<ichards, l Second, Hartford.
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01 ?i.fary Louise Sheu.Ion.
September
'? Mrs.Nellie F,. Cnirnes, Bristol.
08 Leonard w. Hale, }
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Jennie A. Hale,
. North,
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6, 1874.
Wilbrlllham; Mase.
l
I
1876.
,,
1, 1874.
March
---- -- -----
1876.
I
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September
RECORD.
29, 1874.
205 James B. Gregg, First, Cambridge, Mnss .
November
200 NPllie F. Gridley, Unionville,
201 Lizzie S. Lord.
\.,
l, 1874.
D . West Hartford, 1877.
January
3, 1875.
mi1~~~l
J1i:u.,~ti:~•u:1J~r~:'i~fleld.
208 Mrs. :Mary N. Gregg, r.hest. nutStreet
Presbyterian,
1
Louisville,
Ky .
March 7, 1875.
211 F.dward W Bliss, First, Hartford.
2l2 Mrs. Clarissa W. Cornwell, Canaan Four Corners, N. Y.
213 Mrs. Laura Robertson, Pearl Str~et, i-larUord.
May 2
1875.
214 Mrs. Mary J. Charlton, Wallingford.
215 Mrs. Louisa W. Child~, Co lerai ne, i\la ss .
2lti Mrs. Leona N. Su11iva.n.
July 4- 1 875,
217
'HS
219
220
2i1
221
klrt~~{-1~gi~~
Fl:g,r~~c~~~l~'ira~1~~~~-idge,
Mass.
Mrs. 1\•[ary B. Gregg, First, Caml>ridge, Mas s.
Alice E. Gridley.
Julia A. Gridley.
Mary Welles Gridley. ·
September
5, 1875.
223 Lizzie A Denslow.
224 Alic e E. Holdridge, D. Second . ,vest ·winsted .
225 Mrs. L. A . Holdridge, First, 'Windsor, 0. Secoucl, West Winsted .
,'
Novemb 3r 7. 1875.
22~ Philo P. Bennett, l First, Hartfor d.
227 Sophia N. Bennet.ti) Virst . Hartford ,* 187i.
228 Mrs. Francil)a P. Burt , First, Hartford .
229 .John F. Burt. First, Hartford.
230 David H. Gale. l
. Gale, 5 N. S. Presby terian, Peoria, Ill.
231 Flora 11:
2s-i Mrs. [da Hutchinson, Second Pr esbyter ian, l'-lewark, N. J
233 Frederick S. Lyman.
231 Mrs. Sarah S. Needh im, Chestnut St reet Presbyterian, Louisville, Ky.* 187).
235 William H. Robertson l
5
·28ti Emily P. Robertson.
237 Sanford R. Cady.
2.'lS Silas H. Cornwell .
239 Henry W. Martin.
January
March
240 Hattie Eliza Cornwell.
241 Edwar<l Goodwin t{obertson.
2. 1 876.
5 . 1876.
M ay 7. 1876.
242 Nettie Roberts Adam s.
243 Carrie Estelle Bugbey.
244 Ella Mana Bugbey.
245 Ida Mary Charter.
216 Elizab et h Bushnell Clark.
247 Mrs. Eunice L. Foster.
248 Lucille H . T. Foster .
249 Lillie :Merriman Griggs.
250 Mrs . Sarah A. Howaru, Second Baptist, East Lyme .
251 Mrs. Mary L. ~laehl.
252 Mrs . Caroline P. Moody, Methodi st Epi sc opal, Bristol.
253 George L. Tiffnny,
A1toona, Penn.
251 Nahum C. Wilder, ( Second Presbyterian,
)
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2.'>5 Sarah .J. 'Wilder.
256 Henry Horatio Wi1les.
\le7 Florn , Naomi Willt!B ,
I
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ms Jnmes f!amobP-11,,Tr., Second, Manchestel', D. Second, Hartford,
156 :ri.1rs.Harriet M. Dennison, Fourth, Hartford.
Fi7 Clarence IL F.hner, 4 I8i3.
95
1875.
ms M1·s. Mary S Fnch, Se cond , Manchester.
159 William ~llav.
160 Mrs. Sarah Jane Smyth, second,
Hartford.
July
161 ·Mrs. F.liza.beth M. Converse,
7, 1872.
Collinsville.
162
~f
lf,6
167
16~
169
1i0
Lucy mongel Arnold, Baptist, Pawtuxet,
Mrs. Caroline B Hill } East Hartford.
1.ViJliam l\lcl{eown,
Hampton.
Is:ctbe11a McKeown,
••
Marga _ret H. l\lcK eown.
"
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1~\~lH~rtford.
163
16i Mrs. Eva J, M. Merr111, New Hartford.
165 Mrs. Mary F. l!ichards.
September
t'il
1, 1872.
R. I., D . Wethersfield,
Anna M. l\JcR eow n ,
172 :Mary E . Mc Keown.
Novemb
er 3, 1872.
1877.
173 Henry J. Elliott, Talcott F-trert, Hartford,*
1i4 Mrs. Frances R. R. Gates Plymonth, St. Paul, Minn.
\Vest Hoboken,
175 Mrs. Anna .M. Livingston, Presbyterian,
} Sta~~ord Sprtngs .
176 ,John H. Gooden.
177 Narcissa G. Goodell ,
( Center, Brattleboro',
178 Frank J. Grimes.
04
"
179 Charlotte P. Grimes, f
18U Mrs. Josep hine S. Smith, East Hartford.
181 :Kathan Coe, } Presbyterian,
182 Esther M. Coe,
''
18-1 Emma C. Burt.
11'4 Jo serh C. Stockwell,}
185 Jennie M. Stockwell,
186 .James P. Brainnrd,
Vt.
* 1876.
May 4, 1873.
Stamford, N. Y., D. Stamford, N. Y., 18i6.
"
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11
"
September
Fourth,
"
7, 1873.
Hartford.
"
November
2, 1873.
Second, Hartford.
i~Jfi!~f:ti:ii.cC~~;~~i~~~irk~~Lrick
P~rs., Rin~pes, N. J,, D. East ~artford,
March
1, 1874.
~:f~~1J.•
½~~1~!:
~_r:i~~eJ.iin
~_ug~~~~cr.e
;r: 1
D. ~Villimantic, 1876.
'?lfrs. Nellie A. {[sham) Bliss.
Olds, Fourth, Hartford, D. Terryville, 18i7.
192 Nathan
193 Mervin T. nnsscll,
B. Bu ssell,
195 Mary E. Hu ssell,
19-i Esther
5
May,
3, 1874.
July
5, 1874.
Fo urth, Hartford.
"
"
196 Cvnthia Thomp son Barber.
l\fary l,ouis e Barber.
197
HIS
199
200
201
N. J.
5, 1873.
January
mt
1873.
"
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:MrR. Julia. A ng-ustine McKenzie.
Alfred T. Hichards, ( ::;econd, Hartford.
J.aurii J{. Richard s. 5
·•
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Mary Louise Shc1don.
September
6, 1874.
20'2 Mrs. Nellie F,, Calrnes, Bristol.
20.3 Leonard W. Hale, t
204 Jennie A. Hale,
S Nortb, Wllbra.bo.m/Maee.
1~76.
�CHRONOLOGICAL
36
September
RIJJOOI{D.
29, 1874.
205 James B. Gregg, First, Cambri<lgc, Mass.
1. 1874.
November
2nR Nellie F. Gridley, Unionville,
207 Lizzie S. Lord.
D. West Hartford,
.January
1877.
3, 1875.
11~'if::fleld.
1:Jii~~•~\1i:~•,;,'ii~1!t
~ro
tt~~
208 Mrs. Mary N. G_regg, r.11est.nut Street Preshyterian,
Lonisville,
Ky.
Mar ch 7, 1875.
211 F.dward W . Bliss, First, Hartford.
2t2 Mrs. Clarissa W. Cornwell. Ca.naau Fom· Corners, N. Y.
213 Mrs. Laura Robertson, Pearl Street, Hartford.
May 2
1875.
214 Jllrs. Mary J. Chorlton, Wallingford .
215 Mrs . Louisa W. Child~, Coleraine , Mass.
216 Mrs. Leona N. Sullivan.
.July 4- 1875.
ttraiif
klr~~1c:~~;.i
217
Fl:1~
~~~·idge. Mass.
''.!18
219 Mrs. Mary B. Gregg, First, Cambridge, Mass.
Alice
E.
Gridley.
220
2·11 Julia A. Gridley.
221 Mary \Ye11es Gridley .
September
5, 1875.
223 J,izzie ·A Denslow.
224 Alice E. Holdridge, D. Second, ,vest Winst ed .
225 Mrs. L.A. Holdridge, First, Winds 1Jr 1 O. Second, ·west Winsted.
·c
Novemb ~r 7. 1875.
First , Hartford.
2211 Pht1o P. Bennett,
187i.
227 Sophia N. Bennett} t,·irst, Hartford,*
228 Mrs . Francina P. Burt. P'irst, Ha rtt"on l.
229 .lohn. F. Uurt. First, Hartford.
230 David H. Gale, l
Gale, 5 N. S. Presbyterian,
Peoria, Ill.
23l Flora J-1:.
l'-lewark, N. J
232 Mrs. Ida Hutchinson, Second. Presbyterian,
233 J<""'rederickS. Lyman .
Loui sv ille, Ky. * !-1}.
23! ?\.·Jr s. Sarah S. Needh un, Chestnut Street Presbyterian,
l
2S5 Wil1iam H. Robertson
· 5
2Sti Emily P . ~obertsun.
237 Sanford R. Cady.
2.'18 Silas H. Cornwell.
239 Henry W. Martin.
.January
March 5 . 1876-
240 Hattie Eliza Cornwell.
24l Edward Goodwin Hobertson.
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
Nettie Roberts Adams.
Carrie Estelle Bugbey.
Ella Maria Bugbey.
lcla Mary Charter.
Elizab eth Bushnell Clark.
2. 1876.
May 7. 187 6.
Mrs. Eunice L. Foster.
Lucille H. T. Foster.
).illie Merriman Griggs.
Mrs. Sa.rah A. Howant, Second Baptist, East Lyme.
Mrs. Mary L. Maehl.
252 Mrs. Caro1ine P. Moody, Methodi st Episcopal, Bristol.
253 George L. Tiffany,
25-1 Nahum C. Wilder, ! Second Presbyterian , Altoona, Penn,
5
"
2M Sarah .1. Wilder,
2.'\6 Henry Horatio \Vi11es ...
257 Flora Naomi Willes.
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July
258 Clara M. Dennison.
RECORD.
1. 1876.
259 Susie Webb Greeue,
260 Frederick
Maehl, Second. Norwich.
September
3, 1876.
261 Mrs. Almira D. Wheeler, First, Enfield.
Novcimber
262 George Ma.ehl , Second, Norwich,
263 Hattie E. Pease.
264
265
266
267
t
January
5. 18767, 1877.
Frank Harris Cooley .
Helen Frances Cooley.
George Stronach , ( Ta ernacle, Lewes. Sussex, 11Eng.
b:mily Stronach, 5 ::St. !.nn c's ,
,.
March
4, 1877.
t~~:&fneg'i'.'.'Bingham. IIano Yer.
270 Harriet Patterson, Presbyt erian, l'ictou, N . S.
0
271 Susie A . Bray.
272 William Howarth .
273
274
275
276
277
E . Henry Bingham.
William D. Camp.
i\lrs. Snrah H. Eaton.
Mrs. Nellie L. Graves.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howarth.
278 William J . McCoy.
279 Mrs. Mary Parsons.
280 Mrs. Julia A. Seaver.
May 6, 1877,
July
September
l, 1877.
2, 1 87 7 .
281 Julia M. Kelsey, Windsor Avenue
Baptist, Hartford .
11
282 Loella A. Kelsey,
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Manual of the Windsor Avenue Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn. : containing historical notes, articles of faith, practical rules for the Christian life ... and a catalogue of members to September 20, 1877
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Windsor Avenue Congregational Church (Hartford, Conn.)
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According to the Historical Notes, the church had its beginnings in a Mission Sunday School in 1864. In 1870, members of the Congregational churches in Harford and elsewhere formally constituted themselves as a church. This volume contains the Articles of Faith, Covenant, Rules, and a list of clergy and members.<br /><br />The Windsor Avenue Congregational Church building, erected in 1871-1872, now houses the Faith Congregational Church, whose lineage includes the city's oldest African-American congregation.<br /><br />The church is a stop on the Connecticut Freedom Trail and was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1993.<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Avenue_Congregational_Church" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Avenue_Congregational_Church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Avenue_Congregational_Church</a>
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